Relocation of the Chapais Farm

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: 
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

RELOCATION OF THE CHAPAIS FARM


IMPORTANT NOTICE TO BIDDERS

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Since June 1st 2013, Canada makes available Notices of Proposed Procurement (NPP), bid solicitations and related documents for download through the Government Electronic Tendering Service (GETS) at Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders. 

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Canada will not be liable for any oversight on the Bidder's part nor for notification services offered by a third party.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada will relocated theoperations of the J.-C Chapais farm to the site of the University Laval farm located at 525 Route 138 in St-Augustin-de-Desmaures. The present work includes the construction of three buildings and site work. The construction includes all the work required to build the following buildings :
Multifunctionnal building FSA-01 : This building includes all the necessaries rooms needed to ; dry plants, storage, sample preparation room, lockers, offices, treshing grinding room and lunch room. All the mechanical equipments must be provided by the contractor.
Workshop, wet room, pesticide warehouse FSA-02 : This building includes a new electric entrance, a workshop for mechanical repair, a room for cleaning equipments and a pesticide storage.
Machinery Warehouse FSA-03 :
This building will be used to store agricultural equipment.

The construction work also include as well the construction of a new access to the site, a sewer system treatment, outdoor sittings, bituminous pavement, a new electric entrance, a new entrance of drinking water and a new road sign.

SITE VISIT
There will be an optional site visit on June 20, 2016 at 1:30 pm. Interested bidders are to meet at the Laval University Farm at 525 Route 138, St-Augustin-de-Desmaures, QC. Bidders wishing to visit are requested to confirm their attendance to the Contracting Authority mentioned above before 2:00 pm.

MANDATORY CRITERIA AT CLOSING DATE
- The Bidder shall enclose bid security with its bid;

MANDATORY CRITERIA PRIOR TO CONTRACT AWARD
- CODE OF CONDUCT CERTIFICATIONS - CONSENT T0 A CRIMINAL RECORD VERIFICATION:

Bidders must provide with their bid or promptly thereafter a complete list of names of all individuals who are currently directors of the Bidder. If the required nameshave not been received by the time the evaluation of bids is completed, Canada will inform the Bidder of a time frame within which to provide the information. Failure to comply will render the bid non-responsive.

Canada may, at any time, request thata Bidder provide properly completed and Signed Consent Forms (Consent to a Criminal Record Verification form - PWGSC-TPSGC 229) for any or all individuals aforementioned within the time specified. Failure to provide such Consent Forms within the time period provided will result in the bid being declared non-responsive.

PERIOD OF WORK
The work is to be completed by March 31 2017.

BUDGET
The budget, for this project, is between 1 000 001 $ and 5 000 000 $

INQUIRIES
All enquiries regarding this tender, are to be submitted in writing to the Contractual Authority : Jean Rochette, Supply Specialist at jean.rochette@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca.

TENDER DOCUMENTS
Firms intending to submit tenders on this project should obtain tender documents through theGovernment Electronic Tendering Service (GETS) on Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders. Drawings and specifications are now published and available free of charge in PDF format only. Bidders should take note that attachments contain the full set of drawings and specifications, which consist of PDF files organized in an industry-standard directory structure. Addenda, when issued, will be available from GETS. Firms that elect to base their bids on tender documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk and will be solely responsible to inform the tender calling authority of their intention to bid.

To obtain more information, particularly on how to be informed of any AMENDMENTS to this solicitation, visit Tenders Frequently Asked Questions on BuyandSell.gc.ca/Tenders, under the item “Tender notifications and amendments”.
      
Drawings and specifications may be view at the following locations : Association de la Construction du Québec (ACQ), Association patronale des entrepreneurs du Québec (APECQ) at Chemin de la Savane, Montréal.

BID RECEIVING
Sealed tenders will be received in English or French at the address mentioned above.

LANGUAGES
This PWGSC office provides acquisition services to the public in both official languages.
Ce bureaude TPSGC fournit des services d'achat au public dans les deux langues officielles.

Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.